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Trailer paint removal
Does anyone have experience of removing flaking paint
from the skin of a metal trailer? About 1/3 of the paint is coming off...I want to strip all the paint off and preferably leave the metal skin 'bare'. Is this just 'buy a big can of paint remover and a large brush' or is it more complicated? Not really keen on a streaky finished product. Any help much appreciated. Chris |
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For stripping paint use Nitromors paint stripper - great on timber,
glassfibre and metal. Use gloves, an apron and eye protection - it stings like hell when you get it on skin. Use a plastic stripping knife to avoid damaging the anodised layer of the aluminium. Ian "Chris Davison" wrote in message ... Does anyone have experience of removing flaking paint from the skin of a metal trailer? About 1/3 of the paint is coming off...I want to strip all the paint off and preferably leave the metal skin 'bare'. Is this just 'buy a big can of paint remover and a large brush' or is it more complicated? Not really keen on a streaky finished product. Any help much appreciated. Chris |
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Earlier, Chris Davison wrote:
I want to strip all the paint off and preferably leave the metal skin 'bare'. I would strongly recommend that you paint the trailer white, with whatever paint you can. A bare metal trailer makes a surprisingly effective oven, and the elevated interior temperatures can prematurely age your glider. Thanks, Bob K. |
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Chris Davison wrote in message ...
Does anyone have experience of removing flaking paint from the skin of a metal trailer? About 1/3 of the paint is coming off...I want to strip all the paint off and preferably leave the metal skin 'bare'. Is this just 'buy a big can of paint remover and a large brush' or is it more complicated? Not really keen on a streaky finished product. Any help much appreciated. Chris I am guessing the trailer is aluminum. A good paint job is quite a bit of work but here goes. The paint should be removed to get the best job. Before paint remover you should remove all plastic parts or cover them with foil and seal the edges with foil tape. I would also seal with foil tape any gap or seam (like where a rear door would shut)to keep paint remover out and away from any gasket or rubber seals. After preping apply a liberal amount of paint remover to the trailer. A large brush works well. Don't brush it any more than needed to aply it. Thicker works better. The paint will either bubble or melt depending on what kind of paint it is. After the paint is loosened use a hard plastic scraper and squeegee the material off the trailer. Wash with plenty of water. Retreat any areas that are not free from paint. Next scrub with a red 3m scuff pad and lacquer thinner until your arm falls off. Now wash some more with your other arm. Remove the foil tape and carefully strip the exposed paint using a small brush and paint remover. Follow up with the scuff pad. Now that the metal is clean go to your local auto paint store and use a paint system from the metal out. Dupont, Jet Glow, Alumigrip, It does not matter just use the whole system. Most have a wash primer/conversion coating, primer and topcoat. If it sounds like a lot of work it's because it is. Of course you could just hit it a couple of licks with 220 sandpaper and roll on some house paint and it will look fine from thirty or fourty feet. Until next year when it all peals off. All that said I would first try to remove the paint just by washing it with thinner and a scuff pad. If that works make a deal will with a body shop to shoot the paint and you can prep it yourself. Craig- |
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Chris Davison wrote:
Does anyone have experience of removing flaking paint from the skin of a metal trailer? About 1/3 of the paint is coming off...I want to strip all the paint off and preferably leave the metal skin 'bare'. Is this just 'buy a big can of paint remover and a large brush' or is it more complicated? Not really keen on a streaky finished product. Since it's poorly adhered, perhaps renting a good pressure washer would take off most of it. I haven't tried this on an aluminum trailer. Paint stripper could be used for the rest of it. -- Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly Eric Greenwell Washington State USA |
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"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message ... Chris Davison wrote: Does anyone have experience of removing flaking paint from the skin of a metal trailer? About 1/3 of the paint is coming off...I want to strip all the paint off and preferably leave the metal skin 'bare'. Is this just 'buy a big can of paint remover and a large brush' or is it more complicated? Not really keen on a streaky finished product. Since it's poorly adhered, perhaps renting a good pressure washer would take off most of it. I haven't tried this on an aluminum trailer. Paint stripper could be used for the rest of it. I second this. The local "U-Squirt It" car wash can remove a lot of loose paint. Bob and Craig's points about painting it white with a good paint system are also a very good ideas. Bill Daniels |
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Here's a few tips on paint removal...(yes I speak from experience)
First, pressure wash everything. Second Wash by hand the entire trailer with a solution of Tide and Water in a bucket mixed 1 part Tide, 4 parts Water Let dry completely. Purchase any of the commercially available "Methyline-Chloride" Paint strippers, I prefer the ones that are called "Aircraft Paint Remover" Use a well ventilated area, as this crap stinks, and also use heavy duty chemical resistant gloves as it burns the skin...what I do, is to purchase a roll of painters masking plastic, it's 4 mils thick. I lay that under the entire trailer or plane in my case....spread out enough so that you can wrap the entire trailer....I go like crazy on a hot day putting the paint stripper on and as soon as I have the whole thing covered LIBERALLY...( only time you'll hear me use the word liberal by the way) Then wrap the plastic around the trailer and tape it in place for a few hours...sit back with a beer on your favorite lawn mower....and leave the crud alone till it's dry....mostly you'll have large flaked areas which can be scraped easily off....then you pressure wash the more tenacious stuff...and then you go back and treat the clingy areas again....generally I can do an airplane in two days with one helper...try to catch all the nasty paint crap in the ruined plastic wrapper and discard of that once dry in an appropriate method... Easy huh...pressure wash, tide wash, stripper on...scrape, pressure wash...and dispose....then you need to Alodine 1200 the entire surface...then use a good "metal etching" primer ( I prefer Montana Products) and re-paint the whole thing and WHITE....is really the only choice.... Good luck...happy stripping!! Steve Hill |
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I sell and have used Staz-Wett paint remover....see
http://www.wingsandwheels.com/Stazwett.htm works great tim "Chris Davison" wrote in message ... Does anyone have experience of removing flaking paint from the skin of a metal trailer? About 1/3 of the paint is coming off...I want to strip all the paint off and preferably leave the metal skin 'bare'. Is this just 'buy a big can of paint remover and a large brush' or is it more complicated? Not really keen on a streaky finished product. Any help much appreciated. Chris |
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Purhase any of the commercially available "Methyline-Chloride" Paint
strippers, I prefer the ones that are called "Aircraft Paint Remover" Be extermely cautious when using any stripper or product that contains any methyline chlorine, it will and can be absorbed through the skin and cause liver and kidney damage, that's the burning sensation. You should protect yourself from contact wheneve possible. |
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Reminder: Take the glider out of the trailer. This may seem obvious - but I
know of a guy who stripped the paint from his old, leaky metal trailer - with the glider inside. 'Nuff said. Burt Marfa, TX |
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